Oh, I hope you are right, Patterico. But the Left is AMAZING regarding its own hypocrisy. For example, on Twitter, there was a nasty bit claiming that Republicans don’t believe that all rape is rape, with the hashtag #youmightbeaRepublican. Of course, I wanted to ask about the Whoopi Goldbergian definition of rape regarding Roman Polanski. With the hashtag #thatsdifferent.

Heck, they were all parroting that freakish dwarf Reich’s latest class warfare diatribe…and were very, very unhappy to learn that Professor Reich makes >1.5 million dollars per year. Hey, I wonder about his tax write offs? Why he doesn’t lead by example, being a rich guy and all?

#thatsdifferent

Anyway, my point is that the Left can overlook any number of things to get what it wants. And it doesn’t even have to make sense, let alone be consistent.

“I don’t believe he is qualified, but I don’t believe that we should hold up his nomination any further,” McCain said.

Ahh, there’s the old John McCain we all know and love. Right up there with his getting weak-kneed and nervous about the perils of global warming, while living happily in a sweaty, drought-stricken environment like Arizona.

I think we all know the main problem is the one nominating people for the cabinet, and to me it is unclear at what point it makes a difference to oppose a given nomination. (I guess I would oppose Bill Ayers for Sec. of Defense or Homeland Security).

I mean, we’ve already given the green light to JF (Genghis Khan) Kerry.

But the PowerLine folks think the nominee for Treasury is even worse.

I think governing is more important than political maneuvering. But as I said, the governing is pretty much determined already, and I think the most important thing at the moment, sad to say, is to maneuver for the 2014 elections. But I don’t know just how Cabinet positions come into play with that.

No Steve. It’s a general question–not addressed to you. I think most people on this blog know more basic history than the president does (perhaps partly because he attended lower grades elsewhere and was high in college) But what is Hagel’s and Hillary’s excuse?

Hagel, Brennan, et al is why I will never vote for a Dem for chief exec again. Senator, Congressman, hell, dogcatcher, ok. They don’t appoint people who will run huge agencies/departments. Chief Execs do, and I’ve learned (actually from Lawton Chiles in FL) never to trust a Dem Chief Exec again. Hagel needs to be swatted down, although with GOP friends like McCain we don’t need too many Dem enemies.